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Spalding United slipped to a fifth successive 2-1 defeat in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South on Saturday, while Holbeach United bounced back from their midweek derby defeat with a fine 3-0 victory in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Starting with the Tulips, a late strike from young talent Jonny Lockie wasn’t enough to prevent a 2-1 defeat at fellow mid-table ...

Pinchbeck Utd 3 Buckingham Town 0 Relentless Pinchbeck United extended their lead at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One to six points with a commanding victory over one of their chief rivals on Saturday. Goals from Josh Smith (18), Ollie Maltby (pen 51) and Liam Ogden (78) inspired the Knights to a 3-0 Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field success ...

Chris Rawlinson insists that he’s still feeling positive about life at Spalding United despite the mounting problems both on and off the pitch. Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat against struggling Gresley was the Tulips’ fourth loss on the bounce – and the boss was forced to take to Twitter to set the record straight after receiving vocal criticism from two fans ...

Ian Dunn has revenge on his mind as table-topping Pinchbeck United welcome fourth-placed Buckingham Town to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm). The Knights, four points clear at the top of the ChromaSport UCL Division One table after beating second-placed Raunds Town 1-0 last weekend, suffered one of their two league losses at Buckingham back in August. ...

Popular One Touch Football are offering an impressive academy and education scholarship for teenagers in Holbeach next year. One Touch – who are fronted up by academy director Glenn Vaughan –  have set-up a promising partnership with Holbeach United Youth, who are based at the state-of-the-art Community Sports Academy at Pennyhill. The students who sign up will receive UEFA coaching ...

Gail Follington was the winner at the second round of Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series on Sunday. A slight breeze greeted the contestants this week and, although the sun was shining, there was signs of ice on some of the boats. Some 12 boats took to the starting line, with members of neighbouring Witham Sailing Club also joining Welland’s regulars. ...

Spalding Gymnastics Academy picked up an outstanding haul of 42 medals at the popular Codebreaker event. Gymnasts from all over the country took part in the Arabian Gymnastics Club-hosted event in Milton Keynes – with more than 280 in attendance this year. Spalding gymnasts of all levels had a great day, winning medals of different colours across the age groups ...

Gosberton C finally clinched their first win of the Spalding and District Snooker League Division Three season on Thursday to ensure that every team has now registered a victory. Their game with Consti C was finely poised at 2-2 after four frames – Andy Shephard (R21) and Norman Gookey (R7) the Gosberton winners – before Malc Dennis (R7) beat Stuart ...

Spalding Golf Club brought the curtain down on another successful season at their annual presentation evening. It was another busy campaign at the club, where Mike Crampton and Hannah Thorold enjoyed a very successful year at the helm. A total of 46 club competitions were played over 12 months as well as all the individual men’s, ladies’, seniors’, mixed and ...

Spalding Poachers 1st continued their excellent recent form in East Women’s Hockey League with a rampant 5-0 Division 2NW victory over Wisbech Town 2nd on Saturday. Following their back-to-back weekend wins the previous week, the Poachers were full of confidence at Glen Park ahead of the visit of their struggling – but experienced – rivals from Fenland. A solo effort ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ under-17 girls showed their mettle with victory in the North Midlands Cross Country League meet at West Glebe in Corby, writes BARRY WARNE. The talented trio of Josie Fortune, Amber Park and Ellie Piccaver finished sixth, seventh and ninth respectively to register a comfortable win over their main league rivals Corby AC and Derby AC. With two ...

Jokers beat JDM 5-0 last week to take a firm grip at the top of the Division One table in Spalding and District Table Tennis League. In fairness to the losers, they were forced to bring in a substitute for an injured player in the shape of young Tom Chesworth – who performed very creditably despite finding the opposition a ...

Boston Town 1 Holbeach Utd 0 Fuming boss Seb Hayes launched a scathing attack on his Holbeach United side after seeing them lose 1-0 at rivals Boston Town on Tuesday night. Will Britton’s classy finish on 74 minutes was enough to give hosts Boston an unlikely three points at the DWB Stadium, with the Tigers guilty of spurning a host ...

Champions Moulton Harrox Reserves returned to the top of the ChromaSport PDFL Division One table with a 3-1 victory over previous leaders Peterborough Polonia on Saturday. A double from Martin Sandall and a Keith England strike steered Kev Nottingham’s charges to all three points at Broad Lane, despite a Rafal Kowalksi effort. That result leaves Harrox two points clear at ...

SPALDING RFC 14 NOTTINGHAM MODERNS 17 Struggling Spalding RFC produced an uninspiring performance on Saturday as they became the first Midlands Three East (North) side to lose to Nottingham Moderns this season. Town, who were playing Midlands One East rugby as recently as 2015, lost 17-14 to the basement boys at the Memorial Field to seemingly suck them into another ...

NORTHAMPTON SILEBY RANGERS 1 HOLBEACH UTD 7 Buzzing boss Seb Hayes saluted an “unbelievable” opening 25 minutes as Holbeach United smashed hosts Northampton Sileby Rangers 7-1 on Saturday. Mitch Griffiths helped himself to a hat-trick on his return to the Tigers’ first team following injury, while top scorer Lewis Leckie took his tally for the season to 18 with another ...

RAUNDS TOWN 0 PINCHBECK UTD 1 Ollie Maltby’s first-half header was enough to give Pinchbeck United a 1-0 win at title rivals Raunds Town on Saturday as they opened up a four point lead at the top of the ChromaSport UCL Division One table. Top scorer Maltby nodded home a Josh Smith cross on 43 minutes to settle a close ...

Holbeach United ran riot with a 7-1 victory at Northampton Sileby Rangers on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United won 1-0 in their top-of-the-table clash at Raunds Town. Starting with the Tigers, a hat-trick from Mitch Griffiths inspired them to a huge ChromaSport UCL Premier Division victory at Fernie Fields. Lewis Leckie (2), George Zuerner and new signing Jacob Fenton – a ...

Spalding RFC were unable to make it back-to-back wins in Midlands Three East (North) as rock-bottom Nottingham Moderns defeated them 17-14 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. The loss leaves Town in the bottom three and firmly in the relegation battle. Full report to follow on Monday. RESULTS Midlands Three East (N): Ashby 21 Mansfield 6; Birtsall 42 Kesteven 29; Spalding ...

Spalding Utd 1 Gresley 2 Two second half goals from Gresley’s Matt Melbourne sentenced out-of-sorts Spalding United to a fourth-successive 2-1 defeat on Saturday. All looked to be going to plan for the Tulips at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field early on, with Gary King firing them ahead on 16 minutes. Spalding should have been out of sight in ...